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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Wichita, KS

July 5, 2010Wilson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2010, 11:04 AM CDT for Wilson County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2010, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2010, 9:28 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Flood severity: Minor

County Wilson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fall River (KS) at Fredonia (FRNK1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07169500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 5, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
650 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2010

.AVIATION...12Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS REMAINING ENTRENCHED OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS A
MESSY WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST OVER ALL 5 TERMINALS WITH WIDELY
VARYING CIGS & VSBYS DUE IN NO SMALL PART TO AREAS OF +RA & EMBEDDED
++TSRA. FOR THESE REASONS HAVE FOCUSED ON FIRST 3-4 HOURS OF 05/12Z
TAF CYCLE AS BOTH CIGS & VSBYS HAVE FLUCTUATED GREATLY FROM LIFR-VFR
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT & EARLY MORNING & SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS
MORNING.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
DUE TO LAST EVENING'S ECHO TRAINING A FEW RIVERS IN SC KS HAVE TRULY
RISEN TO THE OCCASION...ESPECIALLY THE COWSKIN & CHIKASKIA RIVERS.
FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR BOTH RIVERS. THE RATE OF ASCENT
ON THE LITTLE ARKANSAS APPEARS TO BE SLOWING AT HALSTEAD & SEDGWICK
BUT WILL NO DOUBT CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY...ESPECIALLY WITH
FURTHER +RA LIKELY THIS MORNING.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2010/

DISCUSSION...

TODAY-TONIGHT:
MAIN CONCERN IS THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. WELL ADVERTIZED HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATER AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA WITH ABOUT
ANY EXCUSE GOOD ENOUGH TO SET OFF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. 0000 UTC
NAM PICKED UP ON BAND OF HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM KEGT-KCNU. NAM ALSO SUGGESTING THAT THIS WILL WANE
AROUND DAYBREAK...WITH ANOTHER BAND DEVELOPING NORTH OF IT.
HOWEVER HARD PRESSED WHETHER TO BELIEVE NAM THAT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT DURING THE DAY...GIVEN THE AIRMASS AND
APPROACH VORTICITY MAXIMUM. CLEARLY THE BRUNT OF THE IMPACT OF
THIS PIECE OF ENERGY WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND DO EXPECT MORE HEAVY
RAIN TONIGHT. WILL EXPAND FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ENTIRE AREA. AREA
HIT HARDEST YESTERDAY COULD BE UNDER THE GUN TONIGHT AS WELL.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRICKY AGAIN WITH COMBO OF SURFACE MOISTURE
AND CLOUDS BOTH LIMITING WARMUP.

TUE:

BRIEF RESPITE IN WAKE OF VORTICITY MAXIMUM...BUT GIVEN THAT THE
MOISTURE IS NOT PUSHED OUT OF THE AREA AND RETURN/UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
DEVELOP AGAIN ON TUE...APPEARS TO BE A DECENT CHANCE FOR
PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST HALF OF FORECAST AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED AGAIN WITH COMBO OF RESIDUAL
WATER CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION.

WED-SUN:

NO CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST. -HOWERTON

AVIATION...06Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU

WILL BE LOOKING AT CONTINUED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDER
TONIGHT WILL BE KCNU AND KRSL...WITH THUNDER CHANCES EVERYWHERE
MONDAY DUE TO AFTERNOON HEATING. CIGS WILL BE TRICKY TONIGHT.
THINKING BEST CHANCE FOR IFR WILL BE ALONG/NORTH OF THE
FRONT...GENERALLY KHUT-KSLN-KRSL. ALTHOUGH KICT MAY GET IN ON THE
IFR ACTION AS WELL DUE TO DIURNAL COOLING AND MOIST LOW-LEVELS.

ADK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    84  72  85  71 /  70  80  30  20
HUTCHINSON      83  72  85  70 /  70  70  20  20
NEWTON          80  71  84  70 /  70  80  30  20
ELDORADO        82  71  84  71 /  70  80  40  30
WINFIELD-KWLD   84  74  86  72 /  60  80  40  30
RUSSELL         85  69  85  68 /  70  50  10  20
GREAT BEND      85  70  87  68 /  70  60  10  20
SALINA          83  71  85  69 /  70  70  20  20
MCPHERSON       83  71  85  70 /  70  70  20  20
COFFEYVILLE     89  74  89  73 /  60  60  50  30
CHANUTE         85  74  87  72 /  60  70  60  30
IOLA            85  73  86  72 /  70  70  50  30
PARSONS-KPPF    87  73  88  73 /  60  70  50  30

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-
067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100.

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	12 hr
Jul 4, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	12 hr
Jul 4, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	36 hr
Jul 5, 3:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Elk	30 hr
Jul 5, 4:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	9 hr
Jul 5, 5:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	29 hr
Jul 5, 5:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	8 hr
Jul 5, 6:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	5 hr
Jul 5, 7:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Reno	8 hr
Jul 5, 7:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	25 hr
Jul 5, 8:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	Elk	4 hr
Jul 5, 9:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	30 hr
Jul 5, 1:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	55 hr
Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	19 hr
Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	50 hr
Jul 5, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	72 hr
Jul 5, 2:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	23 hr
Jul 5, 3:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick	18 hr
Jul 5, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	58 min
Jul 5, 5:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	57 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.